...we need a video camera. You can't understand the hilarity of our lives together until you see it on video. We don't want to be reality stars. We're not that interesting, and to be honest, cable television couldn't handle us. They'd laugh too hard. (Kidding) But maybe it's true.

For instance, as I type this my husband is reading a coupon out loud in a hispanic accent. I don't know why. Actually I don't even think he notices he does that until I laugh. (Chris is going to seek vengeance for this post.)

That being said: first financial splurge on a non-necessity related purchase (which is an extreme rarity) is going to be a video camera. Get excited.

"The use of stimulants with children ages 2 to 4 tripled in the 1990's and have continued increasing since."

Context: Within the U.S. only
Who: IDIOTIC parents
Why: "my child is acting bipolar, happy one minute, sad the next, and hyperactive as well, but then sometimes they won't stop crying."

Let's just take a moment to look at the facts: YOU'RE CHILD IS TWO YEARS OLD..ya idiot.

My tolerance for these types of things is extremely low. I'm sorry. No I'm not. I'm not saying that children don't have their serious medical disorders. But you can't diagnose a CHILD with a personality, mood, or anxiety disorder when they are 2. or 3. or 4.

In fact, I'm not a mother, but I'd venture to say that if your two year old does NOT act bi-polar, you're probably in the minority. Terrible two's, anyone? Oh right, we have medication for that.

Things like these make me scratch my head for days. They also make me want to punch some parents in the face and give their kids to people who actually WANT them, yet can't have them.

Sorry. That's too violent. I want to calmly report them to DSS so that people like me can intervene and professionally slap some sense into their heads.

Thank you for your time, and if you have any questions, don't comment here, just go google Rebecca Riley.

These are the figs Chris and I picked from some massive fig trees in Clemson. Those bad boys literally had hundreds of figs on them, and most of them aren't ripe yet. So we'll be hittin' up that supply again soon enough. We literally eat them whole, it never gets old. But last night Chris made some homemade pizza dough (artisan style, I'd give the recipe but I don't know how he did it..) and we made homemade pizza. Never have I ever heard of/tried figs on pizza, but I made one with them on it and it was AMAZING.

Pizza recipes are silly, because you can throw any amount of anything you want on a pizza. So I don't have exact measurements (nor do I ever really use exact measurements), but I threw on figs (sliced), chopped red peppers, feta cheese, and balsamic marinade mixed with olive oil and garlic as the base. (Baslamic vinegar can be used if you don't have the marinade/dressing kind.)

Y'all. This pizza was SO good. If you like figs and the taste of balsamic..you'll love it. It definitely has a sweeter flavor than the classic red sauce pizza, but not sweet enough to remind you of a more dessert-y pizza. Go find a fig tree, and pick some figs, and throw them on a pizza.